Simon Green has spent two decades building one of electronic music's most devoted live followings, translating studio headphone music into arena-filling experiences without losing any of the intimacy. "Distance In Static" finds him deepening that live/electronic tension, drawing on collaborators from across the global music spectrum while working in the kind of storied analog environment that tends to pull something genuinely different out of an artist. I want to reinforce this idea that you can be more than one thing,” Green explains. It’s that duality – of live artist and DJ, introspective composer and club-focussed selector – that sits at the heart of latest album ‘Distance in Static’, a record that is full of depth, detail and emotion; both beautiful and banging; quintessentially Bonobo, yet pushing beyond the contours of what a Bonobo album has traditionally been. A large portion of the record was created at Neil Young’s legendary Broken Arrow Ranch studio in Woodside, California – an environment Green describes as deeply immersive and creatively transformative. A pivotal track to emerge from these Ranch sessions was the enchanting “Fire on the Water”, featuring Arooj Aftab, who travelled down from her NYC base to record what became a breakthrough moment during the album’s creation. Evolving, almost accidentally, from a rough acoustic guitar loop recorded while Green was testing studio inputs one morning. Elsewhere, tracks like “Drift” and “Me and You” perfectly encapsulate the album’s club-focussed leanings, with both quickly emerging as firm fan favorites in Green’s recent DJ sets.Buried within the ‘Distance in Static’ universe, there is also a sense that this record – and particularly the accompanying live tour – marks something quite monumental, too. It’s a moment of transition, a celebration of Bonobo’s 25 years, but also, perhaps his last record in the traditional sense: complete with expansive guest features and a multi-year full live-band world tour. Tracklist: 1. Dawn 2. Cycles 3. Fire on the Water (feat. Arooj Aftab) 4. Drift 5. Talk to Me (feat. Nicole Miglis) 6. Uncasually 7. Always on Your Side (feat. Joy Crookes) 8. Youth's Fountain (feat. Nilufer Yanya) 9. Shokoufeh 10. Can't You See (feat. Aanya Martin) 11. Me and You 12. Equinoctial (feat. Ichiko Aoba) 13. Mercury (feat. Kanako Yamamoto) UPC: 5054429212044Label: Ninja TuneRelease Date: 9.11.26Format: CD
